· Private foundation
Cherry Grove Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $96k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VIRGINIA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION | $27,600 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | $26,500 |
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDA | $22,328 |
| 3 WIDE MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| OPERATING HEALING FORCES | $10,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $6,000 |
| JR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA | $4,000 |
| HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE | $3,500 |
| ST BRIDGET SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| FOCUS | $1,500 |
| BEAUVOIR SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| PETER BLAKE MEM FD | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $1,000 |
| ST BRIDGET CHURCH | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC6× · 2018–2024 · $284k · revenue +59%- HCHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $83k · revenue +76%
- OHOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- CFCAV FUTURES FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $30k
- LSLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR IN RICHMONDone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -91%
- BSBON SECOURS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $600
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.
The jefferson scholars foundation (foundation) provides academic merit-based scholarship, fellowship and professorship support to students and faculty at the university of virginia (uva).
To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.
West virginia wesleyan college challenges its students to a life-long commitment to develop their intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and leadership potential and to set and uphold standards of excellence. firmly rooted in the liberal arts…
To expand on the mission statement made on page 1, trinity's core mission values and characteristics emphasize: 1)commitment to the education of women in a particular way through the design and pedagogy of the historic undergraduate…
The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CAV FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC ↗
- Who funds THREE-WIDE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC ↗
- Who funds ST ANNE'S-BELFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR IN RICHMOND ↗
- Who funds TOGETHER FOR TANZANIA ↗
- Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cherry Grove Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cherry Grove Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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